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Patented Oct. 22

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`sl'EEDI-:R AND PLANTEFI.y

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters ratnt No. 418,613, dated october 22, 1889.

Appntttitn tied May 8, i889.

T0 all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vSeeders and Planters, of Whichthe followingk is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional view taken through the machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line a: as of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the seed-distributin g disks. Fig. 4 represents another form of seeddistributing disk. Fig. 5 is a detail of one of the slotted plates in which the seed-disks re- Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the plates b. Fig. 7 is a detail showing the gearing for operating shaft E.

VMy invention relates to Vcertain improvements in seeders and planters. It is an im# provement on Letters Patent No. 319,432, grantedv June 2, 1885, to myself Vand Daniel YS. Troy; and my invention consists, essendisks, certain of said plates being slotted andv fittedv over the disks, my invention also'consisting in the constructions and combinations of devices, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I Will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

In the said drawings, A represents any welllknown form of main frame, Within which the main axle B is mounted, Said axle carrying the supporting-Wheels C C', one of which C it, While the other is loose, and said axle car- 'serai No. 309,778. uit man.)

Y ries also a gear-Wheel of., the purpose of which I Will hereinafter fully indicate.

The seed-box D is supported upon the main frame, andv may have a chamber D in front of it for containing fertilizer, which may be distributed, Wh en desired, in any suitable manner.` The bottom of the seed-box D is formed of removable plates b c of the same or of different Widths, and these plates are held in vposition by cleats d, arranged on the inner Walls of the seed-box, as shown inFigs. l and 2. A shaft or rod E passes transversely across the seed-box near its bottom and carries any desired number of seed-distributing disks F, which are so `mounted upon said shaft that their number` may be varied, and they may be slipped along said shaft or adjusted toward and from each'other, according to the Width of the rows in which the seed is to be dropped. Thesev disks pass upward through slots d in the plates c ofthe bottom of the seed-box, and the periphery of each is formed with depressions or pockets e., into which the grain is received and thence carried to the underlying hoppers or grain-passages of the drills G; or, if desired, the `pockets or receptacle e may be formed exterior of the periphery in the form of buckets, as shown in Fig. 4. From this construction it is manifest I am enabled to remove any one or more of the bottom plates b, and thereby increasing the distance between the adjacent seeddisks by moving the latter from each other on their shaft and placing the removed or other plates behind the adj usted'seed-disk to complete the bottom.

If I desire to increase the number of Seeddisks, I remove one or more of the plates b,

and also add another disk to the shaft by removing the latter and slipping the new disk endwise upon, and then after placing the shaft again in position adjust the said disk until its upper portion is fitted through it. I am thus enabled to vary the number of seed-disks, and to so adj ust them and the bottom of the seed-box as to plant in rows in any desired distance apart.

A rod II passes transversely across the maand introduce a slotted plate c in its place,

the slotted plate which is designed to receive 9 IOO chine at its lower rear position and supports the hoppers I, which receive the grain discharged from the seed-disks, and the said hoppers and the 'underlying drills G,whose dragbars are hung upon a rod L at the front of the machine, are adjusted laterally on their shafts or rods, to vary the number ot' drills and hoppers used and to correspond to the adjustments and number of the seed-drills, whereby the grain when discharged from the seed-disks falls into the hoppers I, and from thence drops into the spouts of the drill in any well-known manner. To secure the adjustments of the hoppers and drills, I introduce on the rods H. and L, and between the hoppers and drag-bars, suitable thimbles or sleeves M, which hold these parts in position.

At the rear of the seed-box is a frame N, carrying a roller O, having pins g, and guides h, for suitable cords or chains Z, which connect with the drills and regulate the depth of penetration of said drills by the winding and claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In seed-planters, a seed-box having its bottom formed of the removable plates b and the removable slotted plates c, a horizontal shaft, laterally-adj ustable seed-disks thereon, and having their upper portions extending through the slotted plates, brushes operating against the peripheries of the disks, and the laterally-adjustable hoppers and drills, substantially as described.

2. An improved seeding-machine comprising the main aXle having the fixed and loose bearing-wheels and carrying the gear-Wheel a, the seed-box having its bottom formed of the adjustable and removable plates b and c, a laterally-extending shaft having seed-disks adjustable thereon, said disks having peripheral seed-receptacles, brushes operating against the peripheries of the disks, a gear on the shaft, and idle gearing between said gear and the gear a,laterally-adjustable hoppers and drills, with spacingthimbles or sleeves between them, a roller at the rear of the machine, and a connection between the roller and drills, whereby the depth of the latter is regulated, substantially as described.

JOHN S. DAVIS. Witnesses:

H. C. MosEs, N. B. HOLT. 

